MERLIN ACADEMY COOKIE POLICY

How cookies are used on this website

The
website uses cookies to help certain sections of our program code work
correctly. None of the information stored in these cookies identifies
you personally. The data is mostly about choices you make on the website
and pages you visited so we can monitor how people are using our
website to make it even better - please see below for a more detailed
list.

What are cookies

Cookies
are a little pieces of information that the website stores on your
computer. There is no risk of computer viruses or of anyone hacking your
computer. They are simply small pieces of text that one page can save,
and that can then be read back by other pages. For example, when you log
in to websites the login page makes a note that you've entered the
correct details. When you visit other pages, they read this note so you
don't have to keep on logging in.

What if I don't want to allow cookies

You
are in full control of cookies. The website has to ask your web browser
to store them - it can't save anything onto your computer by itself. If
you don't want to accept cookies from websites you'll need to change
one of the settings in your browser. Don't forget that if you do this
some websites may not work correctly.

Explorer:

If you're using Internet
Explorer go to the Tools menu and select the Internet Options link. A
window will appear. Click the Privacy tab. Here you'll find a slider
control that lets you select how cookies are handled.

Firefox:

If
you're using Firefox go to the Tools menu and select Options. Again go
to the Privacy tab and in the History section select the option for
'Firefox will : use custom settings for history'. This will then give
you a number of checkboxes where you can turn off cookies.

Google Chrome:

For
Google Chrome click on the spanner button. Then click on Settings,
Advanced Settings and then click the Content Settings button in the
Privacy section. You'll then see a number of options for how cookies are
handled.

Cookies used on this website

The cookies used on this website fall into three main categories.1- The
website itself uses what's known as a session cookie. The information
associated with this cookie is actually stored on our computer and not
yours. The session cookie lets us remember choices you make while you're
on the website. Once you've left the website this cookie is erased.2- We
use Google Analytics to tell us how many people have visited our
website and what they do whilst browsing through our pages. No personal
information is gathered, it just lets us see in general what people are
finding interesting or are having problems with so that we can make our
website better in the future.3- The social media buttons (Facebook,
Twitter, etc) use cookies to allow you to interact with your own
accounts. These cookies are used by the social media sites - we don't
have any access to your account or log in information.